Examples of perm in a Sentence
Noun
She got a perm last week.
Verb
She got her hair permed at the salon.
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Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
Touted as a perm for your lashes, lash lifts are for the minimalist makeup girlies who want that lifted look sans all that extra effort of using mascara, a curler, and extensions.
—Audrey Noble, Vogue, 2 Apr. 2025
Patty Weasler, Rn, Verywell Health, 28 Mar. 2025
What does a hair gloss do, exactly? Most hair transformations (like dyeing, bleaching, relaxing, or perming) work by opening the outer layer of your hair (a.k.a.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 2 Dec. 2024
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Noun
No more granny short hair perm style, love it.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
Touted as a perm for your lashes, lash lifts are for the minimalist makeup girlies who want that lifted look sans all that extra effort of using mascara, a curler, and extensions.
—Audrey Noble, Vogue, 2 Apr. 2025
Verb
It can be inherited or triggered by hair styling techniques, such as perming, excessive blow-drying, and straightening.9
The condition causes fragile hair that breaks easily.
—Patty Weasler, Rn, Verywell Health, 28 Mar. 2025
What does a hair gloss do, exactly? Most hair transformations (like dyeing, bleaching, relaxing, or perming) work by opening the outer layer of your hair (a.k.a.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Perm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/perm. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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perm
1 of 2 nounperm
2 of 2 verb
: to give (hair) a permanent
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